Where did the romance go?

I’m pretty conviced now that nothing kills romance like marriage. It’s just not such an attractive idea to me any more. I used to dream about romance and finding that man of my dreams. And now I don’t. I’m not even sad about it. I’m not sentimental about it. Jim just proposed to Pam on the office. It was romantic but I find the humour on that show more interesting to watch than the romance. But the upside of it all is that, now i get a different high. The other day while playing with my kids, I noticed that the high I felt in those moments was as great as the high I had when I had those romantic moments. And after 4 years those highs are still there. And then I thought, how nice, they will still be there for a long long time. Romance is so fleeting. And I hardly seem to care any more. Maybe I’ll feel differently later on.

I have to say, with men these days, you just don’t know who the person is. I just really don’t know how easy it will be to ever meet a really decent man. At this time, it almost seems like it might not be worth the effort looking.